blplaybills.org | Covent Garden Theatre London Playbill: July 10, 1821 - Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors; The ORIGIN of GUNPOWDER; Bombastes Furioso; A Roland for an Oliver

Cast

Mr. EGERTON: Solinus, Duke of Ephesus
Mr. CHAPMAN: Aegeon
Mr. COMER: Antipholis of Ephesus
Mr. J. JONES: Antipholis of Syracuse, Alfred Highflyer
Mr. W. FARREN: Dromio of Ephesus
Mr. LISTON: Dromio of Syracuse, General Bombastes
Mr. BLANCHARD: Dr. Pinch, Artaxominus, King of Utopia
Mr. KING: Officer, First Groom
Mr. JEFFERIES: Balthazar
Mr. CLAREMONT: Angelo
Mr. MARS: Clean
Mr. TAYLOR: Servant, Fustian, Minister of State
Mifs LOVE: Luciana
Mr. ISAACS: Dromio of Syracuse, Performer in The ORIGIN of GUNPOWDER, Gamekeeper
Mrs. FAUCIT: Abbess
Mifs GREEN: Adriana
Mifs SHAW: Lesbia
Mifs F. Green: Hermia, Mrs Fixture
Mrs. Coates: Kitchen Wench
Mr. Meats: Courtier
Mr. Norris: Courtier
Mrs. LISTON: Distaffina
Mr. FAWCETT: Sir Mark Chase
Mr. ABBOTT: Mr. Selborne
Mr. EMERY: Fixture
Mifs FOOTE: Maria Darlington
Mifs BEAUMONT: Mrs Selborne

Metadata

Volume: Playbills 98
Theatre: Covent Garden Theatre
Location: Covent Garden Theatre
Date Range: 1821-1822
Shelfmark: Playbills 98
Holding Institution: British Library
Supplier: blplaybills.org

Original text

MR. J. ISAACS & Mr. CLAREMONT's Night THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. This present TUESDAY, July 10, 1821, will be acted Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors. With Songs, Duets, Glees & Choruses, selected entirely from his Plays, Poems, and Sonnets. The OVERTURE and the whole of the MUSICK (with a few exceptions) composed by Mr. BISHOP. Solinus, Duke of Ephesus, Mr. EGERTON, Aegeon, Mr. CHAPMAN, Antipholis of Ephesus, Mr. COMER, Antipholis of Syracuse, Mr. J. JONES, Dromio of Ephesus, Mr. W. FARREN, Dromio of Syracuse, Mr. LISTON, Dr. Pinch, Mr. BLANCHARD, Officer, Mr. KING, Balthazar, Mr. JEFFERIES, Angelo, Mr. CLAREMONT, Clean, Mr. MARS, Servant, Mr. TAYLOR, Luciana, Mifs LOVE, Dromio of Syracuse, Mr. ISAACS, Abbess, by Mrs. FAUCIT. Adriana by Mifs GREEN. Lesbia, Mifs SHAW, Hermia, Mifs F. Green, Kitchen Wench. Mrs. Coates. The following are the Selections from SHAKESPEARE ACT I.—Song—'It was a lover and his lass.'—As You Like It. Song—'Beauty's rubies.'—SONNETS. Glee—'Blow, blow, thou wintry wind.'—As You Like It.—Arne & Steevens. ACT II.—Song—'Sing Willow.'—Othello. Duet—'Tell me, where is Fancy bred?'—Merchant of Venice.—Sir J. Steevenson Glee—'Under the greenwood tree.'—As You Like It.—Arne. ACT III.—Song—'Come live with me and be my love.'—POEMS. Song—'Love's loss.'—Sonnet Quartetto—'Will he have the hace that kill'd the deer.'—As You Like It. ACT IV.—Duet—'As it fell upon a day.'—Sonnet. Sestetto and Chorus—'Come, thou monarch of the vine.'—Antony and Cleopatra ACT V.—Song—'Lo! here the gentle lark.'—Two Gentlemen of Verona. Song—'Lo! here the gentle lark.'—Venus and Adonis Finale—'Honour, riches.'—Tempest, & Midsummer Night's Dream.—Mozart. And, by particular Desire. "The ORIGIN of GUNPOWDER." (From the Opera of THE ENGLISH FLEET.) By Mr. J. ISAACS. With the Burlesque Tragick Opera of Bombastes Furioso Artaxominus, King of Utopia, Mr. BLANCHARD. Fustian, Minister of State, Mr. TAYLOR. General Bombastes, (with the air of 'Young Pigs among the Roses,') Mr. LISTON, Courtiers, Messrs. Meats, Norris, &c. Distaffina, Mrs. LISTON. After which, a FARCE, (with some Musick) called A Roland for an Oliver The Overture composed, and the rest of the MUSICK arranged by Mr. BISHOP. Sir Mark Chase, Mr. FAWCETT, Alfred Highflyer, Mr. JONES, Mr. Selborne, Mr. ABBOTT, Fixture, Mr. EMERY, Gamekeeper, Mr. J. ISAACS, First Groom, Mr. KING, Maria Darlington, by Mifs FOOTE, Mrs Selborne, Mifs BEAUMONT, Mrs Fixture, Mifs F. GREEN. Shakespeare's Historical Play of KING HENRY IV—Part II.—with the CORONATION To accommodate the Nobility, Gentry, and Publick at large, who, from the immense crowds, are nightly disappointed of Places, the Proprietors have protracted their Season till the latter end of July ; And HENRY IV. with the CORONATION, will be repeated on Thursday, Saturday, and Monday, and every Evening not appropriated to Benefits during the Season. To-morrow, for the Benefit of Mr. MARS, the Tragedy of VIRGINIUS; the Liberation of Rome. With the Opera of INKLE and YA CO. On Thursday, KING HENRY IV. with the CORONATION. After which (in consequence of the great applause it received) The POOR SOLDIER. On Friday, for the Benefit of Mr. BRANDON, Box-Book & Housekeeper, will be revived the Comedy of EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. On Saturday, KING HENRY IV.—Part II. with the CORONATION.—And the CRITICK On Monday, KING HENRY IV.—Part II. With the CORONATION. After which, the Melo-Drama of A TALE of MYSTERY.